| |
|
|
| |
$9.50
 |
Hummel, Maria Motherland 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092839. ISBN #1619022370 / 9781619022379. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Hummel, Maria Motherland 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092839. ISBN #1619022370 / 9781619022379. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Motherland is inspired by stories from the author s father and his German childhood, and letters between her grandparents that were hidden in an attic wall for fifty years. It is the author s attempt to reckon with the paradox of her father a product of her grandparents fiercely protective love and their status as Mitl ufer, Germans who went along with Nazism, first reaping its benefits and later its consequences. This page-turning novel focuses on the Kappus family: Frank is a reconstructive surgeon who lost his beloved wife in childbirth and two months later married a young woman who must look after the baby and his two grieving sons when he is drafted into medical military service. Alone in the house, Liesl must attempt to keep the children fed with dwindling food supplies, safe from the constant Allied air attacks, and protected against the swell of desperate refugees flooding their town. When one child begins to mentally unravel, Liesl must discover the source of the boy s infirmity or lose him forever to Hadamar, the infamous hospital for unfit children. The novel bears witness to the shame and courage of Third Reich families during the devastating last days of the war, as each family member s fateful choices lead them deeper into questions of complicity and innocence, to the novel s heartbreaking and unforgettable conclusion.
 |
$7.50
|
Humphreys, C.C. Place Called Armageddon: Constantinople 1453 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087206. ISBN #1402280858 / 9781402280856. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Humphreys, C.C. Place Called Armageddon: Constantinople 1453 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087206. ISBN #1402280858 / 9781402280856. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Gregoras had vowed never to return to Constantinople, the cursed home that had betrayed and scarred not only his mind, but his face, for all to see. But now with 100,000 Muslim soldiers outside its walls, he can hear its desperate calls for his help, as it can only be held by men and mercenaries as skilled in battle as Gregoras, of which few remain. His return home, though, will mean not only having to face the constant hum of arrow and cannon, but also Theon, twin brother...and betrayer. And with him his beloved Sofia, lost when Gregoras was cast from his home, now bound to Theon in marriage. But the rewards of victory would not only be the glories of the battle, but the redemption of his name and his soul.
 |
$4.50
|
Humphreys, Helen The Lost Garden W. W. Norton & Company 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1036339. ISBN #0393324915 / 9780393324914. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Humphreys, Helen The Lost Garden W. W. Norton & Company 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1036339. ISBN #0393324915 / 9780393324914. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Leaving London to grow food for the war effort, Gwen discovers a mysterious lost garden and the story of a love that becomes her own. This word-perfect, heartbreaking novel is set in early 1941 in Britain when the war seems endless and, perhaps, hopeless. London is on fire from the Blitz, and a young woman gardener named Gwen Davis flees from the burning city for the Devon countryside. She has volunteered for the Land Army, and is to be in charge of a group of young girls who will be trained to plant food crops on an old country estate where the gardens have fallen into ruin. Also on the estate, waiting to be posted, is a regiment of Canadian soldiers. For three months, the young women and men will form attachments, living in a temporary rural escape. No one will be more changed by the stay than Gwen. She will inspire the girls to restore the estate gardens, fall in love with a soldier, find her first deep friendship, and bring a lost garden, created for a great love, back to life. While doing so, she will finally come to know herself and a life worth living. Reading group guide included.
 |
$8.50
|
Huneven, Michelle Off Course 2014 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1043470. ISBN #0374224471 / 9780374224479. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huneven, Michelle Off Course 2014 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1043470. ISBN #0374224471 / 9780374224479. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A bear climbs onto a cabin's deck, presses his nose to the sliding door. Inside, a young woman stands to face him. She comes closer, and closer yet, until only the glass stands between them . . . The year is 1981, Reagan is in the White House, and the country is stalled in a recession. Cressida Hartley, a gifted Ph.D. student in economics, moves into her parents' shabby A-frame cabin in the Sierras to write her dissertation. In her most intimate and emotionally compelling novel to date, Michelle Huneven--author of Blame , which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award--returns with her signature mix of fine-grained storytelling, unforgettable characters, and moral complexity. Cress, increasingly resistant to her topic art in the marketplace , allows herself to be drawn into the social life of the small mountain community. The exuberant local lodge owner, Jakey Yates, with his big personality and great animal magnetism, is the first to blur Cress' focus. The builder Rick Garsh gives her a job driving up and down the mountain for supplies. And then there are the two Morrow brothers, skilled carpenters, who are witty, intriguing, and married. As Cress tells her best friend back home in Pasadena, being a single woman on the mountain amounts to a form of public service. Falling prey to her own perilous reasoning, she soon finds herself in dark new territory, subject to forces beyond her control from both within and without. Unsentimental, immersive, and beautifully written--"Huneven's prose is flawless," according to The New Yorker-- Off Course evokes the rapture of new love, the addictive draw of an intense, impossible connection, and what happens when two people simply can't let go of each other or of their previous commitments. As her characters struggle with and delight in one another, Huneven subtly exposes the personal and social forces at play: issues of class, money, and family, as well as the intricate emotional and economic transactions between parents and children, between husbands and wives, between lovers, and between friends. Michelle Huneven is one of our most searching, elegant novelists--Richard Russo has called her "a writer of extraordinary and thrilling talent." In Off Course , she introduces us to an intelligent young woman who discovers that love is the great distraction, and impossible love the greatest distraction of all.
 |
$5.95
|
Huneven, Michelle Off Course Picador 2015 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123288. ISBN #1250064457 / 9781250064455. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huneven, Michelle Off Course Picador 2015 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123288. ISBN #1250064457 / 9781250064455. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Skillful and perceptive . . . A complex portrait of a woman under the influence: of love, then obsession." The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The year is 1981. The United States has just installed Ronald Reagan in the White House, and Cressida Hartley, a Ph.D. candidate in economics, has relocated to her parents' A-frame in the Sierras. There, she plans to finish her dissertation on art in the marketplace, but instead Cress finds herself drawn into the life of this small community and into the orbit of Jakey Yates, the owner of the local lodge. When she takes a part-time job with a contractor, she meets the Morrow brothers, and her distractions begin to multiply. As Cress falls prey to her own perilous reasoning, she strays into dark new territory, where she becomes subject to uncontrollable forces from both within and without. At once sharply observed and utterly enthralling, Off Course evokes the pull of an intense, impossible connection and reveals what happens when two people can't let go of one another or their previous commitments.
 |
$4.99
|
Hunt, Angela Unspoken WestBow Press 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1151113. ISBN #0849944821 / 9780849944826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$5.95
|
Hunt, Laird The Exuisite Coffee House Press 2006 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150168. ISBN #1566891876 / 9781566891875. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$25.00
|
Hurley, Victor The Parthian Fleet Publishing Company 1960 hardcover. Small repaired tear to spine. Dustjacket is chipped, has some taping, and staining.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or794963. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$4.99
|
Huss, Juli I. Happy Maisy Coleman: A Novel Monkfish Book Publishing 2004 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105422. ISBN #0972635777 / 9780972635776. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huss, Juli I. Happy Maisy Coleman: A Novel Monkfish Book Publishing 2004 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105422. ISBN #0972635777 / 9780972635776. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary " Happy Maisy Coleman s holy rite of passage roars past a unique set of guide posts including, a Holocaust-survivor psychiatrist; a carnal mother from hell; an Evangelical sinner of vast theology; with Frank Sinatra, of all people, as a neighborly pragmatist. There are few trips in life and books as bizarre, exhilarating and affecting as this one." William Kinsolving, author of The Diplomat s Daughter and Bred to Win This is an irresistible multigenerational story about the Coleman family, early pioneers of the Salvation Army, who evolve from the darkest pits of poverty into the height of wealth, sensuality and beauty. The mystical, three-dimensional saga is narrated by great granddaughter, Happy Maisy Coleman, who captures the searing heartbreak of her rich and complex dysfunctional family with a surprising mix of intuitive genius and humor. A novel with a distinctly American touch, Happy Maisy Coleman dives into such fleshy subjects as female sexuality, Christianity, insanity and forgiveness. Juli I. Huss is the author of The Faux Gourmet: A Single Woman s Confession on Food and Sex and Dish . She has been a repeated guest author and columnist on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Good Day New York , CNBC, CNN, Lifetime, AM Los Angeles, AM Seattle, AM San Francisco, AM Atlanta, Geraldo, The Michael Jackson Show radio , The Dennis Praeger Show radio . She is as an adjunct lecturer for NYU School of Continuing Education and has written freelance articles for many magazines, including Cosmopolitan and Manhattan Style , interviewing celebrities such as Shania Twain, Lauren Hutton, Lou Reed, Carol Alt, Naomi Judd and Stephen Baldwin.
 |
$7.50
|
Huston, James W. Falcon Seven St. Martin's Press 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021308. ISBN #0312364326 / 9780312364328. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huston, James W. Falcon Seven St. Martin's Press 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021308. ISBN #0312364326 / 9780312364328. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling author James W. Huston returns with his most powerful thriller to date. Exploding with international intrigue, sizzling courtroom drama, and heart-stopping action, Falcon Seven delivers an all-too-realistic tale of America under fire. A U.S. Navy F A-18 flying over Afghanistan is suddenly diverted and ordered to bomb a building in Pakistan, where a meeting between al Qaeda and the Taliban is taking place. After destroying their target, the fighter jet is immediately hit by Stinger missiles and the pilots eject over Pakistan. They are captured, assaulted, and dragged through the streets of Peshawar. The world is on edge. The fliers are quickly forced onto a secret Falcon jet headed for the Netherlands, where they ll stand trial for war crimes at the International Criminal Court. The building they hit was actually a medical post constructed by Europeans for Afghan refugees---and sixty-five innocent people were killed. It s up to Washington criminal defense lawyer and former Navy SEAL Jack Caskey to defend the two navy officers and get to the bottom on what is beginning to seem like an orchestrated event. The National Security Council pushes President Obama to employ the act passed under George W. Bush that authorizes the use of force to extract Americans held by the International Criminal Court. While the president initially approves a special operations team to grab the Americans, he later withdraws to cooperate with the ICC. Already fighting a losing battle for his clients, an outraged Caskey works with his contacts in the shadowy world of special operations and CIA operatives to free his clients himself . . . or help them battle through an international show trial and face imprisonment---for life.
 |
$8.95
|
Huston, James W. FALLOUT William Morrow 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or866965. ISBN #0688172024 / 9780688172022. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huston, James W. FALLOUT William Morrow 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or866965. ISBN #0688172024 / 9780688172022. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Devastated at being reprimanded for a midair collision, TOPGUN instructor Luke Henry quits the Navy to start a private aerial combat school in the Nevada desert, where he and a number of his buddies, all former TOPGUN fliers -- part of the Old Bro network -- train fighter pilots for the U.S. government. Prior to leaving the Navy, Luke discovers that the United States has purchased twenty MiG-29s -- Russia's front-line fighter -- from Moldova, of the former Soviet Union. These are the very planes he wants to use for his own school, flying the Russian MiGs from an abandoned Air Force base. But Luke's lucrative contract with the U.S. government comes with a caveat: among his students are a group of Pakistani Air Force pilots -- handpicked by the Department of Defense -- whom he must instruct. Luke is hesitant to train fighters from another country in the skills he learned at TOPGUN, but he won't be allowed to start the school without agreeing. The school opens, but the closer he gets to these students, the more he suspects that they may have an entirely different, and malicious, agenda in mind. They have a bone to pick with the United States and may be using Luke's school as their Trojan Horse to get into the country and launch an attack that would cause more damage than that sustained at Pearl Harbor. It falls to Luke to discover their plan and to stop it before it spirals out of control. With Fallout James W. Huston scores big with his most riveting and thought-provoking thriller yet. Filled with exciting twists and turns and characters whose motivations will keep readers guessing until the startling conclusion, Fallout is a story of domestic terrorism that is as realistic as it is terrifying.
 |
$8.50
|
Huston, James W. The Price of Power William Morrow 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038825. ISBN #0688159184 / 9780688159184. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huston, James W. The Price of Power William Morrow 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038825. ISBN #0688159184 / 9780688159184. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An admiral is on trial for having defied the President while carrying out the orders of a rebellious Congress. A President is on trial for having failed to act when a crisis threatened his country. In a nation's darkest hour, a terrorist strikes. With a feel for politics, a gift for legal drama, and a rush of military action, this rousing novel sweeps from the Oval Office to a Navy SEAL assault on an Indonesian island, from the court-martial of an admiral to the impeachment hearings of a president. In this sequel to James W. Huston's Balance of Power , the President has ordered the arrest and trial of battle-group commander Admiral Ray Billings, who led a Congress-authorized attack on terrorists in defiance of a presidential order. The angry Speaker of the House retaliates by initiating impeachment proceedings against the President. Jim Dillon, the Speaker's top aide, finds himself defending the admiral in the court-martial and is named number-two prosecutor for the upcoming impeachment trial. Meanwhile, when a terrorist invades a U.S.-owned gold mine on an Indonesian island and takes hostages, demanding the return his 28 compatriots, captured in a daring raid by Admiral Ray Billings, Dillon uncovers another forgotten power in the Constitution: the Rules of Capture, authorizing a SEAL-led attack. Nothing will prevent a great nation from doing what is right, no matter what the price, not when the honor and the future of America is at stake.
 |
$12.50
|
Huston, Nancy Mark Of The Angel Steerforth Press 1999 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or946632. ISBN #1883642647 / 9781883642648. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huston, Nancy Mark Of The Angel Steerforth Press 1999 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or946632. ISBN #1883642647 / 9781883642648. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the spring of 1957, a young German woman arrives in Paris to take a position as housekeeper to a bachelor flautist. Soon Saffie and Raphael are married and a son, Emil, is born. One day, Saffie and Emil go on an errand to the Marais - the Jewish Quarter - where they encounter an intriguing instrument maker, Andras. Thus begins a passionate affair that will last a decade. Framed within the love triangle is an exploration of the ways in which individual lives and historical events intersect, from the Soviet invasion of Budapest to the Kennedy assassination, and the different ways in which the German woman and the Hungarian Jew remember World War II and the Algerian war for independence.
 |
$9.99
|
Hutchinson, A.S.M. If Winter Comes Grosset & Dunlap 1921 hardcover. Photoplay Edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or995364. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$7.50
|
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World HarperPerennial Modern Classics 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143557v1. ISBN #0060850523 / 9780060850524. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$4.99
|
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Harper Perennial Modern Classics 1998 paperback. Reading copy. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1154661. ISBN #0060929871 / 9780060929879. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Harper Perennial Modern Classics 1998 paperback. Reading copy. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1154661. ISBN #0060929871 / 9780060929879. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers." -- Saturday Review of Literature "A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay." -- Forum "It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in the appropriate sense, as impressive ads the day it was published. This is in part because its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm. But it is much more because the book succeeds as a work of art...This is surely Huxley's best book." --Martin Green
 |
$4.95
|
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Perennial Classics 1998 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160547. ISBN #0060929871 / 9780060929879. (keywords: Fiction speculative science distopia ingramxyz) (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$7.50
|
Huxley, Aldous Island Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2009 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155052. ISBN #0061561797 / 9780061561795. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huxley, Aldous Island Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2009 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155052. ISBN #0061561797 / 9780061561795. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and to his amazement give him hope.
 |
$5.50
|
Huyler, Frank Right of Thirst Harper Perennial 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003865. ISBN #0061687545 / 9780061687549. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Huyler, Frank Right of Thirst Harper Perennial 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003865. ISBN #0061687545 / 9780061687549. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Shattered by his wife's death, and by his own role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson volunteers to assist with earthquake relief in an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbor. But when the refugees he's come to help do not appear and artillery begins to fall in the distance along the border, the story takes an unexpected turn. This haunting, resonant tour de force about one man's desire to live a moral life offers a moving exploration of the tensions between poverty and wealth, the ethics of intervention, the deep cultural differences that divide the world, and the essential human similarities that unite it.
 |
$5.95
|
Huysmans, Joris-Karl Against Nature (A Rebours) Penguin Books 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158042. ISBN #0140447636 / 9780140447637. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
|
$5.95
|
Hyde, Catherine Ryan Pay It Forward 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102025. ISBN #0684862719 / 9780684862712. (filed under: Fiction ) *
|
Hyde, Catherine Ryan Pay It Forward 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102025. ISBN #0684862719 / 9780684862712. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pay It Forward is an amazing story. Catherine Ryan Hyde writes from multiple points of view in order to add humor and perspective to an already touching plot. The tale revolves around Trevor, a 12-year-old from California, who accepts an extra-credit challenge from his social studies teacher. He is given a year to create and put into action a plan that will somehow change the world. Trevor comes up with an idea that he refers to as "paying it forward." His project is based on selflessness and doing good for others, without expecting repayment. The book chronicles the spreading and influence of Trevor's idea, which initiates a a chain-reaction of human goodwill felt in every part of the world. I was pleasantly surprised because not only is it funny and honest to a fault , but it confirms that good can be found in every human being. Pay It Forward is well written and eye-opening. Marian Edelman once said, "We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." This story brings that concept to life in a simple and realistic way.
 |
<--PREV 25 NEXT 25-->
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
|
|
| |
|
|
|
